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September 12, 2017

Try Pilates – If you have been meaning to start exercising and have not yet come up with the perfect type of exercise for your needs. You might at some point like to test out Pilates and see if that suits your requirements. A relatively low impact style of exercise which can be practised by people of all ages and levels of fitness, Pilates was developed during the 1920s by a physical trainer named Joseph Pilates (Hence the name). Since his death in the 1960s many other styles of Pilates were formulated by the followers of Joseph Pilates and there were later some legal wrangles over who owned the right to the name, courts ruled that it was a generic name and could be used by anyone offering such exercise classes. Pilates can have many benefits as an exercise technique and these benefits include: better posture, body awareness, muscle strengthening, relief from pain (especially lower back pain), increased core strength, improved flexibility, better balance and stability. Pilates is mostly done in a group but you can find one to one classes if you would prefer.